I picked it up on a whirlwind Target trip and was low key thinking and hoping it might be some fun ideas I could use with my kiddos... I ended up both disappointed and pleasantly surprised. (An experience I might add that I hadn’t had very many times in my life up until this last… Continue reading The PLAY book
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An Open Letter to Experienced Grievers…
Yeah, a bit morbid perhaps to think of grief as something one can become experienced in, but I think accurate. But as I start to feel myself tipping into that category, I also find myself frustrated by just how unhelpful my own experience is. Unlike harder jobs, bullying, family struggles, and in some ways even… Continue reading An Open Letter to Experienced Grievers…
#SecondhandSeptember: High Fashion, Fast Fashion, and Frumpy Fashion… How has Covid Changed the Fashion Industry and How do we Want it to Change?
*this was started in September 2020... I went through a weird time in my life and I never posted or finished it, so I’m doing it now, because I think it’s worth it. Anyone who hasn’t spent ALL of the last 10 months under a rock knows that the world looks very different now then… Continue reading #SecondhandSeptember: High Fashion, Fast Fashion, and Frumpy Fashion… How has Covid Changed the Fashion Industry and How do we Want it to Change?
The Next Three Days
As I’ve had the time and the thoughts to share, diving back into my writing, my goals, and my next year... it’s hard to not also look back at the last year. I try to avoid conventional New Years Resolutions for any one of twenty good reasons... but the changing of the year does bring… Continue reading The Next Three Days
Sunday Best 9/6/2020
A spur of the moment kind of morning. Nick woke me up at 10:30. I stayed up way too late, but still got my 8 hours... Puhtzed for a hot moment, talked to a friend for almost an hour about mathematics, education, board games, and goals. Spent a little while deciding what two wear out.… Continue reading Sunday Best 9/6/2020
Age 25: More Like Mom
Let's start by introducing my mom. I've written a considerable amount about my dad since he passed away. He's become an ever present force in a way he wasn't when he was alive. My mom, though, she's been around since day one, and in my advancing years... ( a joke, sorta ) I find myself… Continue reading Age 25: More Like Mom
An Almost Millennial
Fanny packs, bike shorts, scrunchies, and butterfly clips... Take 2. But I’m not even 30. Thoughts from an almost millennial.
Writing my Grief: Day 3
Day Three: 6.2.2020 You've made it this far. Keep showing up. Today's prompt is about living in a changed world, finding ways to live in the changed world: "I was living in a rainforest. I knew the trees and the frogs, the lush green life. With no warning, I got shoved into the desert. I… Continue reading Writing my Grief: Day 3
Social Distancing: are we still doing it?
In the beginning... March 14th, it felt like any contact at all was the end. I stayed home, only went for walks when nobody was around. We cooked all our own food and only went into the world when we had to. I washed everything frequently. It was like that for 4 weeks or so.… Continue reading Social Distancing: are we still doing it?
Activism Action: From one White Person to Another, Day 3
*disclosure: this is an excerpt from a journal I kept the second week of June 2020. It contains my thoughts and feelings as I worked hard to educate myself about racism in America and world wide. Specifically as I came to know my own racism and privilege. It was a week that started a journey… Continue reading Activism Action: From one White Person to Another, Day 3
Coffee & Conundrums 